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Furhter readings:<br>
= Readings =
'''F.I. World Congres 1979, Women's Liberation'''[http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article1589]
 
* [http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article95 Women's oppression in globalization, March 2004]
 
* "Our methods of struggle" [[Media:Our_methods_of_struggle-Reso_IV-1979.odt‎]] (Extract from the 11th World Congress of the 4th International Resolution "Socialist Revolution and the Struggle for Women’s Liberation")
 
'''Resolutions from the 13th World Congress'''
 
* [http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article3984 Positive Action – Women in our parties]
 
=Further reading=
 
* [http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article3982 European Women’s Liberation: Changing forms of the struggle for women’s liberation]
 
* [http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article3983 Latin American Women’s Liberation: Dynamics of mass movements and feminist currents]
 
* 11th World Congress of the 4th International Resolution [http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article1589 "Socialist Revolution and the Struggle for Women’s Liberation"] (1979)
 
* Powerpoint[[Media:PP_femmes_protraits.ppt‎]]  
= Outline of the talk =
 
== The work of women ==
 
* Characteristics of the female work force:
** non paid domestic work
** the wages of women
** specific oppression and double exploitation
 
* Reconstruction of the worker’s family
* Role of the family and contradiction with the potential independence of women
 
* Conclusions
** the system makes use of the double working day of women
** man benefit from this situation
** women’s work and gender roles
 
== Origins and growth of the women’s movement in the 19th century ==
 
* Flora Tristan (1803-1844)
 
* The First International
** Louise Michel (1830-1905) and the Paris  Commune (1871)
* The Second International
** Specific organisations of women
** Clara Zetkin (1857-1933)
 
* The Russian Revolution and Alexandra Kollontaï (1872-1952)
 
== Strategic importance of an autonomous women’s movement ==
 
* women’s rights in the 19th century
* the new feminism after 1968
* necessity of active participation of women in the struggles
* specific or patriarchal oppression
* autonomous movement and principles of self organisation
* autonomous women’s movement and revolutionary or anticapitalist parties
* autonomous women’s movement  and our vision on socialism
 
== Conclusions ==
 
* understanding specific oppression
* neoliberal globalisation and women
* gender studies and other oppressions (racism, ethnic minorities,…)
* the question of the LGBT movement
* victory in the struggles and socialist feminism

Latest revision as of 14:30, 18 July 2012

Readings

Resolutions from the 13th World Congress

Further reading

Outline of the talk

The work of women

  • Characteristics of the female work force:
    • non paid domestic work
    • the wages of women
    • specific oppression and double exploitation
  • Reconstruction of the worker’s family
  • Role of the family and contradiction with the potential independence of women
  • Conclusions
    • the system makes use of the double working day of women
    • man benefit from this situation
    • women’s work and gender roles

Origins and growth of the women’s movement in the 19th century

  • Flora Tristan (1803-1844)
  • The First International
    • Louise Michel (1830-1905) and the Paris Commune (1871)
  • The Second International
    • Specific organisations of women
    • Clara Zetkin (1857-1933)
  • The Russian Revolution and Alexandra Kollontaï (1872-1952)

Strategic importance of an autonomous women’s movement

  • women’s rights in the 19th century
  • the new feminism after 1968
  • necessity of active participation of women in the struggles
  • specific or patriarchal oppression
  • autonomous movement and principles of self organisation
  • autonomous women’s movement and revolutionary or anticapitalist parties
  • autonomous women’s movement and our vision on socialism

Conclusions

  • understanding specific oppression
  • neoliberal globalisation and women
  • gender studies and other oppressions (racism, ethnic minorities,…)
  • the question of the LGBT movement
  • victory in the struggles and socialist feminism